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The Composition of Government Spending and the Real Exchange Rate

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VAHAGN GALSTYAN
PHILIP R. LANE

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We show that the composition of government spending influences the long-run behavior of the real exchange rate. We develop a two-sector small open-economy model in which an increase in government consumption is associated with real appreciation, while an increase in government investment may generate real depreciation. Our empirical work confirms that government consumption and government investment have differential effects on the real exchange rate and the relative price of nontradables. Copyright (c) 2009 The Ohio State University.

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Volume (Year): 41 (2009)
Issue (Month): 6 (09)
Pages: 1233-1249
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  1. Lane, Philip R. & Milesi-Ferretti, Gian Maria, 2002. "External wealth, the trade balance, and the real exchange rate," European Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 46(6), pages 1049-1071, June. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  2. Vahagn Galstyan, 2007. "Country Size and the Transfer Effect," The Institute for International Integration Studies Discussion Paper Series iiisdp204, IIIS. [Downloadable!]
  3. Sarma Jayanthi & Tamim Bayoumi & Jaewoo Lee, 2005. "New Rates from New Weights," IMF Working Papers 05/99, International Monetary Fund. [Downloadable!]
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  4. Philip R. Lane & Gian Maria Milesi-Ferretti, 2004. "The Transfer Problem Revisited: Net Foreign Assets and Real Exchange Rates," The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press, vol. 86(4), pages 841-857, 02. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  5. Jaewoo Lee & Gian Maria Milesi-Ferretti & Luca Antonio Ricci, 2008. "Real Exchange Rates and Fundamentals: A Cross-Country Perspective," IMF Working Papers 08/13, International Monetary Fund. [Downloadable!]
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  1. Rod Tyers & Ling Huang, 2009. "Combating China's Export Contraction: Fiscal Expansion or Accelerated Industrial Reform?," ANUCBE School of Economics Working Papers 2009-501, Australian National University, College of Business and Economics, School of Economics. [Downloadable!]
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  2. Agustin S. Benetrix, IIIS, Trinity College Dublin. Philip R. Lane, IIIS, Trinity College Dublin, 2009. "Fiscal Shocks and The Sectoral Composition of Output," The Institute for International Integration Studies Discussion Paper Series iiisdp294, IIIS. [Downloadable!]
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  5. Lane, Philip R., 2009. "A New Fiscal Strategy for Ireland," The Economic and Social Review, Economic and Social Studies, vol. 40(2), pages 233–253. [Downloadable!]
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